The town of Riverview, New Jersey, is unable to expand its Christmas illumination display this year.
After he stole more than 3,000 meters of copper wire from a display in June, the town said on Monday that he would reallocate expansion funds to $60,000 in repairs. decided.
``The display has been vandalized several times this year. It removed the line and did much more damage," Grand Councilor Heath Johnson said in an interview Wednesday. It took.
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We expect it to have a lower resale value and deter future theft,” he said. I am disappointed in
"Very disappointing. I walk by here every day and would love to see people take better care of the property. I've seen vandalism before." But this is overkill," he said.
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Riverview resident Norma Boyd told Global News that nothing like this will happen again.
``The road is dark and overgrown with trees. It will bring more appeal to drivers who can see what's going on along the way," she said.
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Johnson said the council had discussed installing deterrence lights and surveillance Something like a camera, but postponed due to cost.
"We think this is a long distance, well over a kilometer, so it will require a significant investment," he said.
"There was a cost-effectiveness issue here. Usually the vandalism we've seen in the past wasn't worth it. Those things, so we're not doing it." Given the extent of the vandalism at this time, we may decide to reassess that position," he said.
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